PCLinuxOS Wiki:Syntax

Quick Start

Wikis use symbols such as asterisks, single-quotes, square-brackets and braces to represent formatting elements like making words into links to other sites or articles, or creating tables for layout and dividing the text into headings. This kind of text markup used in the MediaWiki (Wikipedia) project is called wikitext.

To edit an existing page click the Edit tab at the top of the page. When saving your edits please include a brief summary in the Summary box.

To create a new page type your desired page name into the Search box at the top of the screen. The search will tell you that the page with that name doesn't exist and offer you the chance to create the page.

• Remember that page names are case sensitive except for the first letter.

• Stick to the alphabet and DO NOT use special characters in page names. Except for '-' or '_'

• DO NOT use a blank space between words in a page name. IE: "my page" instead use my-page or my_page

Your page should start with a banner saying which flavor/edition of PCLinuxOS it applies to. We have a template for doing this so you can start your page with something like: {{Relevance|XFCE}} which will produce the following:

• Relevant to XFCE editions of PCLinuxOS.

You can use {{Relevance|all}} or omit the tag completely if your page applies to all editions of PCLinuxOS.

Formatting reference

Below is a table of the most commonly used wikitext formatting, the middle column is what you type into the article in "edit mode" (after clicking the edit link at the top of the page), and the right-hand column shows what the result would be when viewing the article normally. For more detailed information about editing and wikitext, see Help:Wikitext. Go through a few of the existing pages and try to understand the general layout and follow it.

Description	You type	You get
Applies anywhere
Italicise text	''italic''	italic
Bold text	'''bold'''	bold
Bold and italic	'''''bold & italic'''''	bold & italic
Internal link (within this wiki) Internal link (to a category) Interwiki Link (to partner wiki)	[[name of page]] [[name of page|display text]] [[:Category:name of category]] [[w:name of article]] [[wiki:name of article]] [[wiki:name of article|display text]]	name of page display text Category:name of category w:name of article wiki:name of article display text Note: red links mean the page doesn't exist yet
External link (to other websites)	[http://www.example.com] [http://www.example.com display text] http://www.example.com [mailto:jane@example.com Jane's email]	[1] display text http://www.example.com Janes's email
Redirect	#redirect [[Target page]]	1. redirect Target page
Signature	~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~~	J.Doe J.Doe 07:42, 7 April 2026 07:42, 7 April 2026
Escape wiki markup	with ''markup'' <nowiki>without ''markup''</nowiki>	with markup without ''markup''
Create a Warning box	{{Warning|Don't do this!}}	Warning! Don't do this!
Create a Note box	{{Note|Make a note of this}}	Note! Make a note of this
Applies only at the beginning of the line
Headings of different sizes	== level 1 == === level 2 === ==== level 3 ==== ===== level 4 ===== Tip: put __NOTOC__ in an article to remove its table-of-contents	Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
Outline Numbered Headings	# one # two ## two point one # three	1. one 2. two 2.1 two point one 3. three
Bullet list	* one * two ** two point one * three	one two two point one three
Definition list	;Definition :item 1 :item 2	Definition item 1 item 2
Thumbnail image	[[File:Example.jpg|thumb|Caption text]]	Santa Tux with Package